Test Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 525 442
Rank change year-on-year -141 -83 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 108 207 509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.37% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.42% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 87 132 296
10th Percentile £23,800 £33,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £43,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +8.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £48,125 £54,508 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,000 £62,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +14.46% +9.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,349 49,280 72,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 88.83% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 52,720 29,285 42,723
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Test Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -28 46 £46,250 -7.50% 6
North of England -34 31 £36,250 -16.67% 5
North West -37 20 £37,500 -25.00% 4
East of England -1 16 £40,000 - 3
West Midlands -8 9 £35,000 -23.97% 2
Midlands -53 9 £35,000 -11.95% 2
North East -9 8 £35,000 +7.69%
South West -36 4 £65,000 +62.50% 6
Yorkshire +35 3 £54,038 +27.15% 1
Wales +7 2 - -
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Test Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 58 (53.70%) Test Automation
2 49 (45.37%) Software Testing
3 45 (41.67%) Test Scripting
4 44 (40.74%) ISTQB
5 39 (36.11%) QA
6 33 (30.56%) Agile
7 25 (23.15%) Manual Testing
8 24 (22.22%) Selenium
8 24 (22.22%) Integration Testing
9 23 (21.30%) Functional Testing
10 22 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (19.44%) Security Cleared
12 20 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
13 19 (17.59%) Social Skills
13 19 (17.59%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
13 19 (17.59%) Finance
14 18 (16.67%) Test Management
14 18 (16.67%) Azure
15 17 (15.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (15.74%) Regression Testing
16 16 (14.81%) C#
16 16 (14.81%) SaaS
16 16 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (14.81%) Test Strategy
17 14 (12.96%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 14 (12.96%) Public Sector
17 14 (12.96%) ERP
18 13 (12.04%) SQL
18 13 (12.04%) Test Planning

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.78%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.93%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.67%) Azure
2 16 (14.81%) SaaS
3 10 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.63%) AWS
4 5 (4.63%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.70%) Wireless
2 1 (0.93%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 24 (22.22%) Selenium
2 11 (10.19%) JIRA
3 10 (9.26%) JMeter
3 10 (9.26%) TestRail
4 6 (5.56%) NUnit
4 6 (5.56%) Visual Studio
4 6 (5.56%) Zephyr
5 4 (3.70%) WebDriver
6 2 (1.85%) JUnit
6 2 (1.85%) Postman
6 2 (1.85%) TestNG
7 1 (0.93%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.93%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.93%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.93%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.93%) Newman
7 1 (0.93%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (17.59%) Finance
2 19 (17.59%) Social Skills
3 17 (15.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (12.96%) Public Sector
6 10 (9.26%) Police
7 8 (7.41%) Retail
8 6 (5.56%) Games
9 4 (3.70%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.78%) Legal
11 1 (0.93%) Advertising
11 1 (0.93%) Banking
11 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Electronics
11 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.48%) .NET
2 6 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.70%) .NET Core
3 4 (3.70%) JSON
3 4 (3.70%) Web Services
3 4 (3.70%) XML
4 1 (0.93%) RESTful
4 1 (0.93%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.70%) CCTV
2 3 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.78%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.93%) BBC
3 1 (0.93%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.93%) NHS
3 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (53.70%) Test Automation
2 49 (45.37%) Software Testing
3 45 (41.67%) Test Scripting
4 33 (30.56%) Agile
5 25 (23.15%) Manual Testing
6 24 (22.22%) Integration Testing
7 23 (21.30%) Functional Testing
8 22 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (17.59%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (16.67%) Test Management
11 17 (15.74%) Regression Testing
12 16 (14.81%) Test Strategy
13 14 (12.96%) ERP
13 14 (12.96%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 13 (12.04%) Defect Management
14 13 (12.04%) Scenario Testing
14 13 (12.04%) System Integration Testing
14 13 (12.04%) Test Planning
14 13 (12.04%) User Experience
15 12 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.81%) C#
2 13 (12.04%) SQL
3 6 (5.56%) Python
4 4 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.78%) Scala
6 1 (0.93%) Java
6 1 (0.93%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (40.74%) ISTQB
2 21 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 12 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 11 (10.19%) DV Cleared
5 9 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (7.41%) ISEB
7 6 (5.56%) Degree
8 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.93%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (36.11%) QA
2 2 (1.85%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.85%) Firmware
2 1 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Grafana
1 5 (4.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.33%) Oracle
3 7 (6.48%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.63%) YouTube
5 3 (2.78%) Databricks
6 2 (1.85%) SAP
7 1 (0.93%) Google
7 1 (0.93%) IBM
7 1 (0.93%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.93%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.93%) Splunk